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Lord of the Yum Yum @ Spot 6

*UPDATE: The date is May 9* This is an interesting event featuring Lord of the Yum Yum–a solo singer / composer who makes entire songs using only his voice, a sampling pedal, and a wireless mic. He dresses up in 50s-entertainer style suits and puts on a full one-man act. Really something to see. Lord of The Yum Yum, EE, David Diarreah, DJ’s Quantazelle, Mr. Bobby, LiveWire Date/Time: Wednesday 09 May 2007 Time: 09:00 pm…

Getting Booked: 10 Basic Tips for Getting Live Electronic Music Gigs

Here’s a set of guidelines I wrote to follow if you’re an electronic musician who’s wondering how to get booked to play live in clubs or other venues. It’s geared towards people who are just starting out, but it’s a good read for people who have already been performing live as there are some interesting tips you might not have thought of (for instance, point #: get a mini-presskit together). There is also a bit…

Daevl.Plugs Transmogrification Suite

Peter Kirn and I wrote a review of Daevl.Plugs: awesome little VST audio plugins made in Max / MSP that create some really unusual effects. My favorites are Hilbertspace, Triad, and Cubedriver. How many times can you hear the same delays and filters and reverbs over and â€¦ over â€¦ again? The developers at DaevlMakr promise a more â€œorganicâ€ quality by employing unusual combinations of techniques and adding a little chance to the flow in…

Oh nos–there goes the neighborhood…

*UPDATE* There is a city hall meeting on Thursday in Chicago to propose landmarking a certain part of Milwaukee Avenue. Details are here. **UPDATE** I have taken pictures of the interior so people can see what a jewel this building really is. It’s not “falling apart” or decaying due to lack of maintenance. A few months ago the building where my office is was bought, but they assured us it would remain an office building.…

Celebrity Mix 3-20-07 [Part 1]

Here’s a recording of my set at Celebrity in March. It’s split into three parts to make the download less taxing. This is the first part.

4/4 DJ Set – 2007

Here’s an up-tempo mix I did earlier this year. It’s pretty representative of one of my live 4/4 DJ sets.

[Ramp Chicago] Machinedrum, Justin McGrath + Emulsion and Liz Revision

Machinedrum will school you in partying like you’re in a Brooklyn art loft â€œWhich is better, New York or Chicago?â€ This innocent little question explodes a heated debate between fans of either city. Chicago has less-expensive housing, but New York has a superior public transit system. New York has a phenomenal restaurant scene, but Chicago smells better in the summer. Chicago has Ramp Chicago for quality electronic music nights and New York has Machinedrum’s Cassette…

Setlist from the Redbull Music Academy Info Session @ Ramp Chicago 4-10-07

1. Cylob: “Cut the Midrange Drop the Bass.” Cut the Midrange, Drop the Bass [Rephlex] 2. Bitshifter: “Particle Charge.” Information Chase. [8bitpeoples] 3. Lusine: “Slur” Serial Hodgepodge. [Ghostly International] 4. Ellen Allien: “Teif in Mir.” Stadtkind [BPitchcontrol] 5. Wighnomy Bros. + Robag Wruhme: “Bodyrock.” Schaffelfieber 2 6. Isolee: “Rockers.” Western Shore [Playhouse] 7. Sutekh: Untitled (Track 4 ). Incest: Live Force, Inc. 8. Farben: “Beautone” Beautone [Klang] 9. Justus Kohncke: “Homogen” Homogen [Kompakt] 10. Akufen:…

fbxrd

f • bx • rd [fuh bux erd] -adjective: To be incapacitated; In a broken state; Injured or ill. My nephew put a slice of cheese in the DVD player and now it’s fbxrd. ORIGIN: fark.com discussion thread. 2. An Associated Press [AP] identifier for news stories that originate from Fairbanks, Alaska. My old host, eBoundHost got hax0rd and the fx0rs erased all my databases for all my sites. Supposedly the host does weekly backups,…

Red Bull Music Academy Info Session ++ Open Bar

Tuesday 4.10.07 6:30pm – 9pm RSVP ONLY – email rsvp@rampchicago.com (open bar 6:30pm – 8:30pm)The night of the next Ramp Chicago weâ€™re doing an info session for the Red Bull Music Academyâ€“where DJâ€™s and producers who apply and get accepted are flown to a free â€œschoolâ€ taught by big name producers. Doc Martin, Alex Smoke, Mira Calix are all past tutors along with just about everyone else you can think of. VictorGanic (Astralwerks) will be…

House Subpoenas == House of Penis

So I was hanging out last Thursday at home working on my laptop with my boyfriend on his reading Fark.com. Suddenly he laughs out loud and reads me this line from a comment on a post about the House Subpoenas: I heard â€œHouse subpoenasâ€ on the radio, and for a split second I thought they said â€œHouse of Penisâ€. It was the first words of the story, so there was no context. It went â€œHouse…

[Ramp Chicago] Xyn & Pyxis @ Sonotheque

â€œFree music? A record label is giving away all of its releases? And itâ€™s legal to download? Well it canâ€™t be that gâ€”whoah, hold onâ€“ this is really excellent stuff hereâ€¦ free you say? Câ€™mon, thereâ€™s got to be some catchâ€¦â€ Nope, thereâ€™s no catch, people: quality underground music can be yours for a total cost of zero dollars ($0.00). Witness the power of the Netlabelâ€”the new, super niche-y music distribution platform with an instant…